The Western Stone Forts Project

The Western Stone Forts Project was initiated to study a distinctive group of large stone forts located along the western seaboard of Ireland. The majority of these forts are concentrated on the Aran Islands County Galway, in the Burren Co. Clare and on the Dingle and Iveragh peninsulas Co. Kerry. Excavations associated with the project were…

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Clay mould of spearhead fragment from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 1779a.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_1779a

Type: Image

Format: L.55mm; W.37mm; T.12mm

Part of the midrib and one blade but with only a small portion of the junction of the two surviving. There is no clear trace of a groove or rib, possibly because the feature has been weathered away. Alternatively the piece may belong to a third spearhead. The remains of the blade wing indicate that it was flat, perhaps slightly convex, but this does not match the Spearhead 1 blade. Three layers visible.

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